Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Triumphs, Challenges and looking forward

Looking back and seeing how we got to this point seems surreal to me. I know, I know, we haven't arrived but I get really excited to see how far we have come since the birth of this idea. We have experienced both triumphs and challenges as we have sought to build Mogul Launcher. To be completely honest, we had no idea how we would get the idea from my brain to the world wide web. When we started out, I didn't know the difference between asp.net, PHP and Ruby. We didn't know the price structure we wanted to incorporate in regards to our subscriptions or weather or not we wanted to incorporate ideas with another company. What we did know was that there was a void and a necessity for our idea. We knew that many of people (agents, brokers and investors) shared the same frustrations I had with the real estate sites provided for us. I knew that some of these sites created monopolies that would price some of us out of the market and didn't provide me the information I needed to become an investor in real estate. So, we did what every good entreprenuer does, we took an extended weekend to hammer out a business plan. We began to put to paper who we are, what we wanted to be and where we wanted to go. This was both challenging, fun and exciting. But this was just the beginning. It would be great to say that everything has been smooth up until this point but i want to be truthful in saying that this is not the case. We have had several challenges along the way. We are on our 3rd developer, we have changed code after building out phase one, we have had several delays and oh.....we all have full time jobs. The full-time job issue isn't really an issue because we all agree that we can sleep when we're dead but our day jobs do occupy time and effort that we would rather be spending on building Mogul Launcher into the resource we envision. We have encountered great times and we have learned a lot during this time as well. I have learned that I am not that brilliant and that I don't have that much control. I have seen my shortcomings rise to the surface and I have also learned that when you surround yourself with pros to do a job.....you let them do their thing. I had to learn to trust others with my baby and realize that it's their baby too. I look forward to waking up in the morning and tackling the challenges of the day. I love collaborating on ways to improve our site to make it more efficient and streamline the process for our users (fans). I love seeing more people "like" us on FB, become a follower on Twitter, "connect" with others on Linkedin and join as members on our site. This gives us extra incentive to build something that people can find useful. Looking back, this road has been adventurous and educational. We look forward to making Mogul Launcher into the site for real estate investors to buy, sell, manage and maintain their real estate investments. We look to always improve and provide the best vehicle to make you a better property investor. Thanks for taking the time to read. We look forward to hearing from you on any of our social media platforms and don't forget to spread the word. Happy hunting!

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